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Honda confirms eighth death linked to Takata airbags
2015-06-20 02:37:00| Automakers - Topix.net
Honda Motor Co's U.S. unit said on Friday it has linked the September 2014 death of a woman in Los Angeles, California, to the rupture of a Takata airbag inflator, bringing to eight the number of fatalities related to defective Takata airbags. U.S. highway safety regulators also confirmed that the death of Jewel Brangman in a 2001 Honda Civic is the seventh U.S. death, and the eighth fatality worldwide related to Takata airbag inflators that can explode, sending shards of metal through the passenger compartments of cars.
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Woman's Death May Be 7th From Recalled Takata Airbags
2015-06-12 11:39:28| Automakers - Topix.net
Visitors walk past displays of Japanese auto parts maker Takata Corp. at a car showroom in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2014. Kylan Rae Langlinais, 22, died at a hospital April 9, four and a half days after the 2005 Honda Accord she was driving crashed into a utility pole, according to a lawsuit filed by the family in Louisiana federal court Monday.
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Honda driver's death in La. may be 7th from recalled Takata airbags
2015-06-10 13:13:07| Automakers - Topix.net
A Louisiana woman who got an airbag recall notice for her 2005 Honda Civic two days after the crash that killed her may be the seventh fatality linked to the defective Takata Corp. safety device. The driver, Kylan Langlinais, 22, received the recall notice in the mail April 7, two days after the wreck and two days before she died, according to a complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Lafayette, La.
US recalls due to defective Takata airbags expands to nearly 34 million
2015-05-20 17:55:34| Green Car Congress
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Record US car recall over airbags
2015-05-19 20:44:08| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Japanese airbag maker Takata has declared mechanisms in the airbags of almost 34 million motors defective - leading to what is expected to be the largest recall in US automotive history.
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